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TABLE VIII.—Albumen balance-sheet—Growth of the ovarium, §-c.—Continued. 
MUSCLE, Dr. Muscie, Cr. 
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— =— | = = —— | == 
| 
Grams. Grams. —e Grams. 7rams.| Per ct. Grams. 
Stomach, intestines, &c.—=1.21—0.70 per 
° cent. of weight of body.-.-..----..-...--|-...---- 0. 50 | 
Loss of liver intestines in per cent. of - | | 
Wie] OHULO LAD OC ie ore siete e wminrelamee seis erento 0. 92 63 
There remains, as share of the muscle, in ST; 
decreasctot welehtioL Ody esc.css-5- 22) scceec'sall cae'ets 471 | @17.3 81.4 
1,579 | Probable weight of mature ovarium—0.23 | 
x6, 864. 
430 | Subtract from this: Ovarium in existence | 
August 4. | 
344.7 | 1,149 | Ovarium still to be formed, @ 30 per cent. | | 
albumen (maximum). | | 
SSOSRLOPINUSCLOM eye ee ce wide come ns wie a =jeise elsieee ae |lerm's ve mie | 1,149 | @17.3 198.9 
Determination of the remainder of | | 
muscle November 1: | 
Wieiehtion body August4 2... 1.0.22 22 seecslocen-- a. | 7, 340 | 
Subtract from this: Heads, tins, ovarian | 
skin, various intestines + 30 ec. blood...) 2, 400 
Subtract from this: Reduced decrease in 
weight of body up to November 1..-..... 413 | 
Subtract from this: Replaced by ovarium.| 1, 149 | 
Total amount subtracted from weight of 
pody -eea- EEE Ee Bcc cedisestebescses seen ease | 3, 962 
There remains as remainder of muscle, 
November 1, with probable decrease of | 
the albumen from 17.3 to 13.27 per cent..|......-.|-------- | 3,378| @41| 138.5 
(fe bald eaameeen Balance in favor of muscle. 
—_—— | | | — 
418.8 Motaluloss OfmMuscles cz scstsecs cone oes sc eee cecllecmecet |sm evecare = siinicin 418.8 
In spite of the unfavorable selection of the fish used for the experi- 
ment, and an improbably high figure of the quantity of albumen in the 
ovarium, we also get in this case more than sufficient to cover the loss. 
As regards the fat, the relative decrease of the quantity thereof can 
be approximately determined from the difference between the quantity 
of albumen and golid substance, under certain highly probable condi- 
tions. If this difference is made the basis of calculation in very lean fish, 
we shall get very near the absolute truth by either making this differ- 
ence greater in proportion to the quantity of albumen, or by subtracting 
it from the total difference. 
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Average of two female March salmon (see Table V), one of them a H 
arf heii tere seen eee te in Sneniee tw ecisiomeclsiastaaie 15.1. | 4.4 10.7 
Average of female salmon during July and August (Table V)-------- 9.3 4.1 5.2 
Salmon of August 7, weight of body 8,980 .-.-...---------------++-++- 13. 0 4.0 9.0 
‘Salmon of August 4, weight of body 7,340 ...-.. --.-------------+----- | 9.3 4.1 5.2 
Average of female salmon during November (Table V) -------------- 5.3 3.1 2. 2 
Average of two exceedingly emaciated female salmon, in whose flesh, Re 
even under the microscope, no trace of fat could be discovered. .--. 2.7 2.7 0.0 
